US President Donald Trump has shared a short letter via Twitter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The dictator thanks 'your excellency, Mr. President' for his 'energetic and exceptional efforts' to improve the relationship between the countries.
It is one of the great mysteries of nature: where do the mysterious neutrinos come from? They are fundamental particles in the universe, but scientists hardly know anything about it. Now scientists have figured out for the first time where such a neutrino has arisen.
NATO countries have pledged to spend 33 billion dollars extra on defense in the short term. That is what Donald Trump said at a press conference at the end of the two-day NATO summit in Brussels. 'Unbelievably, we have never seen such amounts before. It goes much faster to the 2 percent of their national income, like a rocket. In a few years. '
A video of an American grandfather who only gets one simple task with a marriage proposal, which he himself had proposed, has been going viral for several days. The idea was good, but Grandpa John Hart fails.
After the unprecedented heavy rainfall and flooding, the disaster area in western Japan is now plagued by great heat and a lack of clean (drinking) water. In the meantime, the number of deaths as a result of the severe weather has risen to 195.
In the event of attacks or major natural disasters, YouTube will now also publish written news reports. That news comes from reliable websites such as The New York Times or CNN. With this new feature, YouTube wants to counter the spread of fake news.
What could have become a drama ended this afternoon as a fairy tale. The twelve Thai football players of the Wilde Zwijnen team and their coach have all escaped from the Tham Luang cave. Hollywood is warming up for the story that seems written for the white screen.
The US Embassy in London warns that President Donald Trump's visit may be accompanied by riots. Americans in the British capital are advised to keep their nerve and pay close attention if they suddenly encounter a big demonstration that can get out of hand.
Archaeologists have found the oldest copy of the world-famous poem Odyssee in Greece. A team of Greek and German researchers found Homer's poem on a clay tablet in Olympia.
Former foreign minister Boris Johnson fears that the United Kingdom is on its way to becoming a colony of the European Union. He writes this Monday in his letter of resignation to British Prime Minister Theresa May. According to Johnson, his country is 'really on the way to colony status.'
The Brexit that Britain plays now drives the Conservative Party apart. Prime Minister Theresa May, who unveiled her plans for a 'soft Brexit' on Friday, must now fear her political life. Two heavyweights from the party, Boris Johnson and David Davids, deposited their ministerial post. Especially from Johnson- in favor of a tough Brexit- is now expected that he wants to explain May paw. If he gets 48 supporters for a hard Brexit, the Conservative Party can vote on a new leader.
During the search for a missing 'Famous Belgian', the adventurer Marc Sluszny, a diver has died. This confirms the rescue services to Het Nieuwsblad. The operation was so risky that even the Sluszny family was reluctant to ask for help- and now it turns out why.
De Brabander Tim Scholten (19) died this weekend from the injuries he sustained in an accident in Malta. That is what Omroep Brabant writes.
Some 1400 people have argued in Brussels Saturday against the arrival of US President Donald Trump. He will be expected in the Belgian capital for a NATO summit next week.
In an attack on the Syrian city of Douma, where dozens of civilians were killed in April, chlorine gas was used. The Reuters news agency reports this on the basis of the first analyzes from a report by the OPCW, the international watchdog that oversees the ban on the use of chemical weapons.
A 25-year-old Dutchman was badly injured on Malta on Friday. Three other Dutch people were slightly injured. They walked early Friday morning on a boulevard of the capital Valletta. There they were scooped by a car. The driver of this had lost control of the wheel.
The most important university in Australia has been attacked for months by hackers. According to Australian media, the attack was carried out by Chinese state hackers, but Australia and the Australian National University say nothing about it.
The British police assume that the couple who came into contact with the nerve gas Novichok was not the target of a conscious attack. According to Secretary of State for Security Ben Wallace, the police assume a form of contamination with the nerve gas. This was what Wallace said on Sky television Thursday morning.
Police services in several EU countries have seized tens of millions of euros in cultural heritage. This happened during a major international campaign against a gang that deals with the excavation and trading of historical objects, reports Europol.
The Thai authorities have released a new video of the twelve football players who have been stuck in a cave for days. In the video you can see that most guys wear an insulation blanket. The footballers also introduce themselves and say: 'I am in good health.'
The European Parliament refuses to impose rules for spending a monthly expense allowance of more than EUR 4400 for MEPs. The suspicion is that much of the money disappears in the pockets of the politicians as a hidden salary.
Two doctors of the Thai navy have offered to stay with the boys in the cave, even though the heavy rainfall may take up to four months before the team can leave the cave.
The evacuation of the boys from the cave system is a race against the clock and so the boys who can cope with it must leave the cave as soon as possible. That says governor Passakorn Boonyarat of Chiang Rai province. He does not want to speculate about how long the boys may have to stay in the cave.
The Swiss police have arrested one of the most popular fraud suspects in Great Britain. The 45-year-old Mark Acklom would have paid a woman 850,000 pounds (about 960,000 euros) by pretending to be the intelligence service MI6, reports British media. He then left with the northern sun.
The twelve boys and their football coach were found alive in a cave system in Thailand. The team had been missing for nine days.
Rescue workers in Thailand are approaching the spot where a youth football team may be stuck in a flooded cave system. Divers of an army unit are less than 500 meters from the space where the twelve teenagers and their coach may have sought a safe haven.
The man who, according to the police at the editorial office of a newspaper in the American state of Maryland, opened fire on the people who were working there, was Friday accused of multiple murder. The 38-year-old Jarrod Ramos hated the Capital Gazette and its reporters because they once wrote that he had obsessively attacked a former classmate without any reason, including via Facebook.
The Red Hen restaurant in Lexington has made enemies besides friends by refusing White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders. One angry American even threw chicken droppings at the restaurant.
Russian billionaire Soeleiman Kerimov has been cleared of money laundering in France and is allowed to leave the country. That is a big disappointment for the French Public Prosecution Service in this politically sensitive case. 'This puts an end to the accusations against Kerimov. This is very good news for him and a great legal victory. ', Jacqueline Laffont, one of his lawyers, responded.
The Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has given his British colleague Theresa May a shirt of 'his' national football team, nicknamed the Red Devils. He did so in Brussels just before the start of an important EU summit. The shirt is to the great laughter of the other EU leaders and May itself number 10, the house number of Mays official residence in Downingstreet in London. England and Belgium play against each other on Thursday-evening.
